chữa cháy
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Meaning · English
to fix a problem after it happens
Literally: fire fighting
Examples
Công ty đã phải chữa cháy sau khi sản phẩm mới bị lỗiThe company had to fix the problem after their new product was found to be defective
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com Vietnamese-English dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-09; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “chữa cháy” mean?
to fix a problem after it happens Literally: fire fighting
Is “chữa cháy” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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